Good morning Sunny D

Fish killed as soft drink leaks from factory

It seems that Sunny D, formerly known as Sunny Delight, is not half as bad for children as it is for fish.
Around 8,000 litres of concentrate used to make the drink leaked into a watercourse on Wednesday morning, turning the river bright yellow.
Dozens of fish were found floating on the surface, poisoned by the lurid mixture.
The spill of 'sub-standard' juice was a category one pollution incident, the most serious kind, according to the Environment Agency.
It was caused by a split in an underground fibreglass tank at the Gerber Foods Soft Drink factory in Bridgwater, Somerset. Approximately six tons of juice and concentrate, due for disposal, seeped into a tributary of the River Parrett.
Gerber employees began a major mopping-up operation to stop the juice reaching the river and causing more environmental havoc.
"!We took swift action in preventing further seepage," he said.
"As far as I am aware, this is the first such incident."
More than 10million litres of juice and soft drinks are produced every week at the plant.
Mr Hurst explained: "We take extreme care with the quality of our juice and if the concentrate or the finished product is not to our required quality standard, it is contained until being removed by tanker for sustainable disposal.
"Although orange juice is a natural substance, we obviously needed to deal quickly with its concentration in the watercourse.
Catherine Lockwood of the Environment Agency said: "The visual impact of this incident was immediately apparent.
"We will be carrying out a detailed investigation to assess the impact it has had on the surrounding waterways."
Asda supermarkets recently withdrew Sunny D from the shelves, citing a slump in sales.
The juice drink's name was changed and a marketing campaign launched after criticism from nutritionists, who claim it contains unhealthy levels of sugar and additives.

So anyone thirsty? Ya wanna throw back a cool glass of juice mixed with "category one pollution"? Does it also worry you that they are marketing a mixture that sometimes needs "sustainable disposal"?
I know we put all kinds of garbage into our systems but I was not aware that sunny d was one of them. I never did like it much so I never really had it. But there are many parents out there that have kids that do crave this waste.
I like Mr. Hurst's statement of "required quality standard", so there is a quality standard to products that may need the Environmental Agency to assist in clean up. I guess the fish that died do not know quality products.